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Fractional powers of quaternionic operators and Kato's formula using slice hyperholomorphicity

Functional Analysis 2016-05-24 v2

Abstract

In this paper we introduce fractional powers of quaternionic operators. Their definition is based on the theory of slice-hyperholomorphic functions and on the SS-resolvent operators of the quaternionic functional calculus. The integral representation formulas of the fractional powers and the quaternionic version of Kato's formula are based on the notion of SS-spectrum of a quaternionic operator. The proofs of several properties of the fractional powers of quaternionic operators rely on the SS-resolvent equation. This equation, which is very important and of independent interest, has already been introduced in the case of bounded quaternionic operators, but for the case of unbounded operators some additional considerations have to be taken into account. Moreover, we introduce a new series expansion for the pseudo-resolvent, which is of independent interest and allows to investigate the behavior of the SS-resolvents close to the SS-spectrum. The paper is addressed to researchers working in operator theory and in complex analysis.

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@article{arxiv.1506.01266,
  title  = {Fractional powers of quaternionic operators and Kato's formula using slice hyperholomorphicity},
  author = {Fabrizio Colombo and Jonathan Gantner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.01266},
  year   = {2016}
}
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